BrainBox Research Institute - BBRI

Last week, on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13, 2025, BrainBox Research Institute - BBRI successfully delivered a transformative training session under the project Women’s Leadership and Political Participation in Local and Cross-Border Governance, for GIZ Ghana in Wa, Upper West Region.

Women leaders from border communities in the Upper West and Savannah regions, Gender Desk Officers from District Assemblies, the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) Director-Upper West, and the GIZ team all joined us and the energy, enthusiasm, and commitment were incredible!

At Brainbox Research Institute Ltd., we remain deeply committed to empowering women, strengthening inclusive governance, and supporting institutional development across Ghana and beyond. Observing the excitement and confidence among participants reinforces why we champion capacity-building as a powerful tool for change.

From high-quality training to rigorous project evaluations, we continue to deliver impactful work that meets the unique needs of our partners and communities.

We extend our appreciation to and all stakeholders for their collaboration and trust.

👉 Together, we’re building stronger leaders, stronger systems, and a more equitable future.


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📊 Boost Your Research & Data Skills! 🚀

Delighted to share that we are offering a 6-week Short Modules Training in Stata, SPSS, Excel, Eviews, LaTeX, QDA Miner, and R Software* with Expert Tutors.

Participants will receive a Certificate in Software Data Management and Analytics.*

📅 Starts 17th Nov 2025 | 📍 GEA, Wa-Kumasi Highway (in front of Tupaso SHS)
💰 Affordable fees with discounts | 🍴 Free snack package

👉 Scan QR on flyer or visit Link [https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/8Pphne4r], or call 024 778 1833 to register.

✅ Don’t miss this chance to level up your research, consultancy & career prospects!

We are proud to recognise the accomplishments of our founding director and CEO of Brainbox Research Institute Ltd. (Dr. Justine Guguneni Tuolong)*, for his remarkable achievement in securing two prestigious international fellowships:

1. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH), 2025 Early Career Grant Fellowship –United Kingdom, and
2. MOPGA 2025 Visiting Early Career Researchers Fellowship hosted by Université Paris Cité, Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), Institut De Recherche Pour Le Développement (IRD), France.

These accomplishments are a testament to Dr. Tuolong’s academic excellence and his commitment to utilising research as a means to transform society through empirical findings, policy discourse, and engagement.

We look forward to sharing these findings with our audience.

From our Lab. we're excited to share our latest scientific paper which has been published.

Visit the link, read, leave comments and don't forget to cite us 😊

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GUKMR27ASDQV38VMNYPE/full?target=10.1080/20479700.2024.2428123

Does access to and use of primary healthcare services influence health insurance uptake? A mixed-methods study in the Wa Municipality, Ghana This study explored access to quality primary healthcare services under Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), its impact on NHIS enrolment, and the implications for attaining Universal H...

The debate of "Interpretive Field Research", should it be guided by "principles" or the "researcher's perspective? 🤔 Let's get talking 🔬🔭📝

Day 3: SDD-UBIDS 2024 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

Today, we go again!
Our CEO will be making a presentation with his mentor; Prof. Kennedy A. Alatinga on Ghana's Free Health Policy (FHP) an assessment of: "Effectiveness of Free Health Policy (FHP) to Improving LEAP Beneficiaries Access to Healthcare: a Qualitative Exploratory Study in Northern Ghana"

While presenting on the above, our Mentees: Brian Aazane and Patricia Akanmaachaab Apendaadem, will also be presenting on "Forest Co-Management" and "Women's Career Progression in Administrative Settings of Higher Education: the Case of CK-UTAS", respectively.

Join us let's share knowledge, learn, network and make contributions to policy!

In our commitment to nurturing young talents, our CEO and Founding Director will present collaborative papers with three mentees on health, forest co-management, women's career progression, digital technology integration, financial inclusion, and MSME performance metrics.

Our resolved aim is to use empirical research to enhance societal benefits, inform policy, and reduce development disparities.

In today's session, Patrick Yinbolum Abongo-Azorlga to with our CEO will be making a presentation on the topics:
1. Factors Related to Access and Use of Primary Healthcare Services under National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Wa Municipality, Ghana.
2. Digital Technologies, Financial Inclusion and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Performance in the Wa Municipality.

Be a part of this!

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To reaffirm our dedication to disseminate our research findings to relevant stakeholders and the academic community, we will present results from our lab. at the SDD-UBIDS 2024 Research and Development Conference, from October 15th to 17th, 2024. In our commitment to nurturing young talents, our CEO and Founding Director will present collaborative papers with three mentees on health, forest co-management, women's career progression, digital technology integration, financial inclusion, and MSME performance metrics. We aim to use empirical research to enhance societal benefits, inform policy, and reduce development disparities.

See you there!

We are thrilled to share with you a scientific publication by our esteemed CEO/Founding Director and team on the topic:

"Supply-side factors influencing national health insurance uptake, access and use of primary health care: Evidence from the Upper West Region, Ghana"

According to them, "supply-side factors, such as the availability of health facilities, equipment, practitioners, and drugs, are crucial for improving global healthcare systems. However, systematic evidence of how these factors affect health insurance clients’ access to primary healthcare (PHC) services in Ghana is lacking. Our study addresses this gap by examining the impact of these factors on insured individuals' access to PHC services in Wa Municipality."

This paper is an open access in SSM-Health Systems.

We at BrainBox Research Institute - BBRI expresses our congratulations to the team as part of our commitment to championing research bound of integrity, professionalism and creativity. This masterpiece anchors on our dedication to help disseminate research outputs to the wider community.

Link to article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949856224000291?via%3Dihub

Kindly download, enjoy your weekend relaxation with this masterpiece by reading, share and possibly make reference to them in you writing✍️.

: This paper has been provisionally selected for the "Best Researcher Award."